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Félicette

  • ... that Félicette, the first cat in space, was subjected to 9.5 g's of acceleration and 5 minutes of weightlessness?

Improved to Good Article status by Kees08 (talk). Nominated by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) at 11:07, 25 June 2019 (UTC).

  • Your call, but maybe have a hook about the surgical implants? Kees08 (Talk) 16:25, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Sure, Alt 1:
Template:U, how is that? --- Coffeeandcrumbs 16:38, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Really interesting article. New GA. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Image is fair use. QPQ done.
  • I think the average reader will like the first hook. ALT1 seems obvious. For ALT0, the 5 minutes of weightlessness is verified and cited inline, but the 9 g's need an inline cite. Yoninah (talk) 19:28, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Template:Re The citation attached states in French:
  • "Durant les 42 secondes de poussée, la chatte, terrifiée, subit une accélération de 9,5 g."
which translates to:
  • "During the 42 seconds of thrust, the cat, terrified, undergoes an acceleration of 9.5 g."
Thanks for the review. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 19:36, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
  • What source? There's no inline citation after "applying 9 g's to the payload's occupant." Yoninah (talk) 20:09, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
The poor thing experienced 9.5 g's of acceleration during ascent and 9 g's when the parachute deployed. You are looking at the wrong sentence. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:13, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
This reference. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:17, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Facepalm Facepalm Symbol confirmed.svgSymbol voting keep.svg Oh. Thanks. Foreign language ref AGF and cited inline. ALT0 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 20:36, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Template:Re sorry for the last minute tweak but I changed "was subjected to" → "experienced" for NPOV. Subjected seems too judgmental to me. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:47, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Well yes. I guess that is true. I have changed it back to the original version. Never mind. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:24, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. I deliberately chose the word 'subjected' to emphasize that the experience was not voluntary (obvious at that point, but I digress). Kees08 (Talk) 19:21, 6 July 2019 (UTC)